NAME
comm - Compare two sorted files line by line.
When FILE1 or FILE2 (not both) is -, read standard input.
With no options, produce three-column output. Column one contains lines unique to FILE1, column two contains lines unique to FILE2, and column three contains lines common to both files.
SYNOPSIS
comm [-1 ] [-2 ] [-3 ] [--output-delimiter] [-z|--zero-terminated] [--total] [--check-order] [--nocheck-order] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] <FILE1> <FILE2>
DESCRIPTION
Compare two sorted files line by line.
When FILE1 or FILE2 (not both) is -, read standard input.
With no options, produce three-column output. Column one contains lines unique to FILE1, column two contains lines unique to FILE2, and column three contains lines common to both files.
OPTIONS
- -1
-
suppress column 1 (lines unique to FILE1)
- -2
-
suppress column 2 (lines unique to FILE2)
- -3
-
suppress column 3 (lines that appear in both files)
- --output-delimiter=STR
-
separate columns with STR
- -z, --zero-terminated
-
line delimiter is NUL, not newline
- --total
-
output a summary
- --check-order
-
check that the input is correctly sorted, even if all input lines are pairable
- --nocheck-order
-
do not check that the input is correctly sorted
- -h, --help
-
Print help
- -V, --version
-
Print version
- <FILE1>
- <FILE2>
VERSION
v0.0.30